Blastos, Feldstein, and More Than 900 Graduates Honored at Commencement

President Helen Giles-Gee will award associate’s, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees to more than 900 graduates at Keene State College’s Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 9. The event begins at 1 p.m. on Fiske Quad.

Mayor Blastos also formed the Town-Gown Committee, with members representing both the College and the city, to maintain strong, supportive, and responsive relationships.

The Commencement Ceremony is the culmination of graduation activities at Keene State. On Friday, May 8, the Spring Honors Convocation will be held at 4 p.m. in the Main Theatre of the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond. The Convocation recognizes excellence in student scholarship and leadership, the recipients of undergraduate Academic Honors, the Leo F. Redfern Outstanding Citizen, and discipline and endowment awards in American studies, biology, chemistry, communication, economics, education, English, geology, history, Holocaust studies, modern language, mathematics, performing arts, management, safety studies, psychology, sociology/anthropology, and women’s studies.

All events are free and open to the public. The ceremony will also be broadcast on closed-circuit television in the Mabel Brown Room in the Student Center and in Morrison Hall on the quad. For information on Commencement activities, call Pauline Dionne at 603-358-2106 or e-mail pdionne@keene.edu.